DESCRIPTION

The house was built shortly after the Christian conquest in the 13th century. Known as "de Santa Coloma", it already appears in the wealth register of 1488 preserved in the municipal archive.
In 1675, the house became the property of one of the richest and most powerful families, the Sala family, who extended it until it reached the gate in the wall that can be seen on the right. On the doorway, you can see the coat of arms that they obtained with the privilege of nobility at the end of the 18th century. The Sala family joined the powerful Torres Orduña family of Benissa, whose coat of arms can be found on the interior grilles and on a chimney. During the Civil War the house was confiscated and was used to house militia offices and to shelter refugee children. In 1990 it was bought by the Town Hall to be used as a Cultural Centre and to house the Municipal Archive and the Contemporary Art and Ethnological museums.

In the inner courtyard you can see a large canvas of the medieval wall.